Oil-can.



PATENTBD DEC. 17, 1907. W. IRVING.

OIL CAN APPLICATION FILED APR.17,1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 unenfoz PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907-. W. IRVING.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

aggi'fl y tn eases aktoznu s WILLIAM IRVING, OF GALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA.

OIL-CAN.

l lo. 873,941.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

Application filed April 17 1907- $erial No. 368,703.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM IRVING, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i 1

This invention relates to oil cans and more particularly to that class which are valved so as to prevent waste of oil and the primary object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple construction of can of this class and one in which the parts will be effectually braced so that the life of the can will be prolonged.

Furthermore the invention has for its object to provide a can of this class in which the push rod for operating the valve within the spout of the can, extends up through the handle of the can and it is hence conveniently located so that the can may be used with greater ease.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a can constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view therethrough taken centrally, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken in a plane directly above the packing element for the push rod, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the said packing element detached from the can, and, Fig. 5 is a similar view in detail through the valve in the can spout.

The numeral 5 denotes the can body, 6 the conical neck of the same and 7 the spout, the handle for the can being indicated by the numeral 8 and being secured to the can body and also to the neck 6.

Secured upon the bottom 9 of the can is an upwardly projecting cylindrical seat 10 in which is loosely received a helical spring 11. To the upper end of the spring there is secured a cap 12 and secured to this cap and projecting upwardly into the spout of the can is a valved rod 13 carrying a valve 14 at its upper end which valve is designed to cooperate with a seat 15 located in the spout at any desired point. As a matter of convenience, as will be presently understood, the cylindrical seat 10 is located in a vertical plane with the handle 8 of the can and adj acent the rear wall of the body of the can. The valved rod is of course bent in such a manner as to permit of its extension into the spout of the can as above stated and it will be understood that the spring 11 at all times exerts a tendency to hold the valve to its seat and prevent discharge of oil from the can.

In order to permit of the oil being discharged vfrom the can I have provided a means whereby the spring may be compressed to result in a movement of the valve from its seat and this means will now be described. A sleeve 16 is extended through the neck 6 of the can in a plane with the longitudinal middle of the handle 8 and is secured at its upper end to the upper horizontal portion 17 of the handle and has its lower end projecting into the can. At its lower end this sleeve has secured to it a disk 18 which is connected by means of an integral connection portion 19 with a similar disk 20, these two disks 18 and 20 being placed directly in opposition to each other and in parallel relation and being heldin this relation by means of the connecting portion '19. A packing disk 21 of leather, rubber or other suitable material is received between the disks 18 and 20 and these disks and the packing disk are provided with registering o enin'gs 22 which aline with the bore of the s eeve and through which and the said bore of the sleeve is slidably engaged a push rod 23 which is secured at its lower end to the cap 12 upon the spring 11 it being understood that the packing disk 21 eii'ectually prevents any flow of oil from the can by way of the said sleeve and furthermore the bore of the sleeve is of substantially the same diameter as the rod 23 to further insure against such leakage. The rod 23 projects beyond the u per end of the sleeve, above the horizonta portion 17 of the handle, and is provided with a button 24 by means of which it may be depressed to compress the spring 11 and open the valve in the spout of the can.

From the foregoing description of my invention it is obvious that by locating the sleeve as heretofore stated, the push rod is necessarily more conveniently locked than would otherwise be the case and it will furthermore be understood that the construction of the means for supporting the packing ,disk is such that the parts of the valve mechanism for the can may be readily assembled.

What is claimed is An oil can of the class described comprising a body, a neck portion, a spout, a handle secured to the body and to the neck portion, a valve seat arranged within the spout, a spring arranged within the body of the can, a valved rod supported by the spring, a valve carried by the rod at its upper end and designed to cooperate with the valve seat in the spout of the can, a sleeve extended through the neck of the can and secured thereto at its upper end to the handle for the can, a push rod supported by the spring at its upper end and extended through the sleeve to a point above the handle and provided at its upper end with a button, a packing element supported at the lower end of 20 the sleeve and comprising a disk secured to the sleeve at the lower end thereof, a disk located beneath the first mentioned disk in spaced relation with respect thereto, an integral connecting portion between the two disks at one point only, and a packing disk received between the two first mentioned disks.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM IRVING. l/Vitnesses:

MURRAY ELLIOTT, FRED MoCoNKEY. 

